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June 30, 2013 • Honoring Freedom • Supplement to Sunday Gazette-Mail
Pfc. Karol Clay, of Morrisvale, was killed in combat in
Vietnam on Aug. 10, 1968.
Army E4 Steve Hess, of
Alkol, served in Vietnam
from 1964 to 1967.
Army MSgt. Jackie Collins, of
Morrisvale, served from 1968
to 1971, including service in
Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.
Joy Ayers
submitted
several
photos to
honor military men in
her family,
including
Alvie
"Pete"
Thomas,
who served in the Army
from 1969 to 1971.
Charley
Ayers Sr.
was honorably
discharged
from the
Army in
1976.
Charley
Ayers Sr.
served in
the Army
from 1970
to 1976.
Jonny M.
Ayers
served in
the Army
and was
killed in
Vietnam.
Robert C.
Thomas
served in
the Army
National
Guard.
Elvin W. Davis, of South
Charleston, was in the Army
during World War II, serving
with the 327th Engineers. He
was awarded the Purple
Heart and the Bronze Star.
Robert
DeHart Sr.
served in
the Navy.
Ira V. Ayers
served in
the Army at
Pearl Harbor.
Pfc. Bobby Clay, of Madison,
served in Germany with the
Army from 1949 to 1952.
Adam Runyon, of South
Charleston, served in Iraq
as a member of the U.S. Air
Force.
Charlie
Ayers Jr.
served in
the
Marines
and Army
National
Guard.
Navy
Seabee
Joseph
Linville, of Alkol, served in
Afghanistan and is currently
active in the National Guard.
Marine Lance Cpl. Edward
Pridemore, of Alkol, served
in the Beirut, Lebanon Crisis
from 1958 to 1961.
Ursula Brown, Navy
(Ret.), was awarded
three Gold Stars and
a
Congressional
Medal, having served
in the Persian Gulf,
Operation
Desert
Storm, Japan, Guam
and
Hawaii.
Her
grandfather is Sgt.
Green W. Smith of
Dunbar.
John
Justice
served in
the Navy.
Troy Justice
served in the
Army.
Charley Ayers
Jr.
Tom Justice,
Air Force.
Tom Justice
served in the
Air Force.
Robert DeHart
Sr., Navy
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